Comment by IanCal

5 hours ago

> Why visualize data?

Because your eyes are enormous bandwidth channels hooked right up to your brain. So high that we can take things like writing which is just a small part of your fov and a set of squiggles that roughly corresponds to sounds you’ve heard and effortlessly comprehend it.

> The rocket either lands or doesn't, safely, as expected.

Crash vs land is a terrible amount of data to have if you want to fix it for next time. Did it accelerate suddenly? Is there a lurch? Did all the accelerometers have a small jump at the same time? Visualising data in different ways can really help show patterns.